Last season, the Missouri Tigers went to St. Louis and lost to the Saint Louis Billikens 93-85 early in the season.

Did the team carry that loss into the in-state rematch Wednesday night at Mizzou Arena?

"Maybe," Missouri coach Robin Pingeton said with a smile.

Clearly the Tigers brought something extra to the matchup, because they walked away with a 112-59 win against the Billikens, the first time the Tigers beat a team by 50 since beating Arkansas-Pine Bluff 85-34 on Nov. 16, 2015.

"We definitely had a conversation about it, that one hurt pretty good (last year)," Pingeton said. "We gave up, I think it was 36 points in that fourth quarter (last year) ... I think us having the conversations maybe brought, you know, it's an in-state game. So records, stats go out the window. Everybody wants to be the in-state winner. So we definitely had that conversation."

That Tigers were motivated from the jump, scoring the game's first seven points on a jumper from Nyah Wilson, an Angelique Ngalakulondi free throw, a Laniah Randle jumper and another Wilson jumper with 6:48 left in the first.

Ngalakulondi (11) and Randle (15) were two of five Tigers to reach double-digit scoring.

"This team has a really high ceiling," Pingeton said. "You know, I think we're still figuring out how do we put them in a position offensively to play to their strengths and continue to share the ball. I think that's just huge for our team."

The Tigers then went on a 9-0 run with Ngalakulondi hitting a layup, Randle adding a jumper, Averi Kroenke connecting on the first of the Tigers' 11 3-pointers and one free throw each from Grace Slaughter and Hannah Linthacum, putting Missouri in front 19-4 with 3:08 left in the first quarter.

Slaughter ended with 14 points, while Linthacum ended with a career-high seven rebounds.